11/05/2012 12:48
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The new cherry season in Greece is expected to be really satisfactory, as the weather conditions have been really good for the cultivations this year. The harvest will begin at the end of May. Higher volumes are expected.
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11/05/2012 11:12
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On May 4, the first PGI cherries of Marostica “Sandre” were brought to the Bassano del Grappa market (province of Vicenza), at the stand of the company OPO Veneto. They arrived almost ten days earlier than normal.
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11/05/2012 10:25
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The very first Cherries from the Jerte Valley in Extremadura are being harvested in these days. They will be available soon on European markets. The selected best ones will be identified with the quality seal of the Denomination of Origin.
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11/05/2012 10:24
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Yesterday morning a great fire affected the premises of the Valencian citrus company Fontestad in Museros (Valencia). According to local media, the fire destroyed more than 45,000 m2 of warehouses.
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MORE NEWS
A few days ago, Macfrut, the fruit and vegetable show scheduled to take place in Cesena (Italy) on 26-28 September 2012, launched its new website. Complete useful information can be found at www.macfrut.com in three languages.
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During the 6th annual General Assembly held on May 3, Mr. Jean-Pierre Bourquin, president of the French consortium Saint Charles Export, based in Perpignan, renewed their successful motto: "Our unity is our strength".
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Consumption in Spain is rising. According to the recent data released by the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, last February domestic consumption of fruits and vegetables in Spain increased by 6%, for 655.6 million kg total.
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07/05/2012 GREECE: LOW SUPPLY OF TOMATOES IN MAY
The low temperatures registered in the last couple of months in Greece affected production. The tomato crops in this period are therefore quite low. As a result prices are progressively increasing.
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LETTER OF THE WEEK
THE GLOBALIZED WORLD HAS NEW PROTAGONISTS
Publication date: 2012-01-20The long and severe crisis in the Countries that have dominated the world economy over the last sixty years is in contrast to the stability and in some cases the constant growth of emerging Countries. This phenomenon seems to mark a sea change. The globalized world has new protagonists. This is what Douglas McWillis, founder of the British research institute CEBR, commented, in mid-January, on Brazil’s conquest of the sixth position among the economic powers in the world: "Brazil has beaten European countries at football for years, but beating them at economy is something totally new. Our chart shows how the economic map of the world is changing, with Asian countries and producers of raw materials leading the ... read more
Sentence of the Week
"Today Spanish fruit is sold at our production cost. This is intolerable and we can not resist any longer. Farmers have to participate in the product's added value"
(Mampel Ramon, manager of the Spanish organization La Unio
during the act of protest in front of a discount chain on Jan. 12)
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